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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

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We filtered the 49 games similar to Alien Storm down to the 29 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Killing Floor 2, The Outer Worlds and Hellgate: London top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Alien Storm.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Alien Storm

29 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Alien Storm. Each one has been evaluated across 12 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Killing Floor 2Closest overall match

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MultiplayerCo-opSoloMeleeSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 88%· 129KIGDB81· 13OC78· 62

Year 2016Dev Tripwire Interactive · Iceberg InteractiveOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, horror tension and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 26 years after Alien Storm.

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SoloCo-opMeleeSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 82%· 28KIGDB86· 15OC83· 215

Year 2019Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Private DivisionOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and open world exploration, while skipping fighting mechanics

Released 29 years after Alien Storm.

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SoloMultiplayerMeleeSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 57%· 2.3KIGDB70· 2

Year 2007Dev Flagship Studios · HanbitSoftOn PC

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, third-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 17 years after Alien Storm.

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#4ChernobyliteClosest on game mode

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 82%· 15KIGDB76· 3OC76· 104

Year 2021Dev The Farm 51 · All In! GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, horror tension and adventure storytelling, while skipping action RPG combat

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 31 years after Alien Storm.

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#5Bright Memory: InfiniteClosest on setting

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SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonDark

Steam👍 92%· 40KIGDB67· 5OC63· 95

Year 2021Dev FYQD-Studio · PLAYISMOn Xbox · Android · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and punishing difficulty, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode.

Released 31 years after Alien Storm.

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#6RoboCop: Rogue City

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SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative

Steam👍 87%· 34KIGDB74· 6OC73· 114

Year 2023Dev Teyon · NaconOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 33 years after Alien Storm.

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SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative

Steam👍 57%· 173KIGDB85· 9OC84· 221

Year 2023Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn Xbox · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and deep simulation, while skipping fighting mechanics

At its best in the hand-built cities and the faction questlines, where the writing and the systems both hold. Ship building is deeper than it first appears. The exploration loop is the weak point — procedurally generated planets repeat their points of interest quickly, and the constant loading screens between surface, ship and space break any sense of continuity.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 33 years after Alien Storm.

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SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonNarrative

Steam👍 81%· 48KIGDB72· 4OC74· 141

Year 2023Dev Mundfish · Focus EntertainmentOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with horror tension, puzzle design and adventure storytelling, while skipping fighting mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 33 years after Alien Storm.

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MultiplayerCo-opSci-FiFirst PersonOnline

Steam👍 73%· 99K

Year 2022Dev EXBOOn PC

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, shooter and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, open world exploration and online features, while skipping action RPG combat

Released 32 years after Alien Storm.

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SoloMultiplayerCo-opMeleeSci-FiFirst Person

Steam👍 77%· 106KRAWG👍 77%· 476MC80IGDB82· 21OC79· 70

Year 2015Dev Frontier DevelopmentsPlaytime ~14hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, shooter and melee combat

≠ Where it differs: brings deep simulation, adventure storytelling and sandbox freedom, while skipping action RPG combat

One of the interesting facts about Elite Dangerous is its realistic scale representation of the Milky Way which is an open-world and the gameplay is itself open-ended.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: setting.

Released 25 years after Alien Storm.

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#11Fallout 3

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SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 81%· 22KIGDB89· 10

Year 2008Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksOn PlayStation 3 · PC

✓ Fits the first-person Action RPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with sandbox freedom, survival mechanics and adventure storytelling, while skipping fighting mechanics

Its strength is atmosphere and discovery: the Capital Wasteland rewards wandering, and the metro tunnels connecting it create a genuine sense of a broken city. VATS makes combat readable. The main quest is thin and railroads hard at the end, and the green filter over everything flattens the visual variety across dozens of hours.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 18 years after Alien Storm.

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SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonRanged

Steam👍 86%· 938KRAWG👍 83%· 3.0KMC73IGDB75· 21OC76· 226

Year 2020Dev CD Projekt Red · CD PROJEKT REDPlaytime ~29hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, sandbox freedom and strong narrative focus, while skipping fighting mechanics

Cyberpunk 2077 is a science fiction game loosely based on the role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020. ###Setting The game is set in the year 2077 in a fictional futuristic metropolis Night City in California.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 30 years after Alien Storm.

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Steam GOG Epic

#13ULTRAKILL

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonRanged

Steam👍 97%· 228KRAWG👍 87%· 141

Year 2020Dev Arsi "Hakita" Patala · New Blood InteractivePlaytime ~3hOn PC · Linux

✓ Same family of first-person Action RPGs: deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and first-person shooting

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, punishing difficulty and ranged combat, while skipping fighting mechanics

Movement-first shooting where healing comes from standing close to what you are killing, so the loop pushes you into danger constantly. Style ranking rewards variety over efficiency. Its ceiling is very high and very demanding — the systems assume you will learn cancels and parries, and it is still in early access with the final chapters unfinished.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 30 years after Alien Storm.

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#14Fallout: New Vegas

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SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 96%· 257KRAWG👍 89%· 2.6KMC84IGDB82· 9

Year 2010Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping fighting mechanics

The writing is why it endures: factions with coherent positions, quests that resolve several ways, and an ending that actually reflects a decade of small choices. Reputation matters everywhere. Technically it is fragile — it shipped buggy and remains so, with crashes common enough on modern systems that most players install community patches first.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and setting.

Released 20 years after Alien Storm.

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#15Fallout 4

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GenreRPGSubgenreAction RPGSub-subgenreFirst-Person ARPG

SoloMeleeSci-FiFirst PersonStealth

Steam👍 81%· 424KRAWG👍 70%· 3.4KMC84IGDB85· 21OC87· 159

Year 2015Dev Bethesda Game Studios · Bethesda SoftworksPlaytime ~38hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are first-person Action RPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, action RPG combat and shooter

≠ Where it differs: brings survival mechanics, sandbox freedom and adventure storytelling, while skipping fighting mechanics

The best shooting in the series by some distance, plus settlement building that becomes its own game if you let it. Power armour finally feels like a vehicle. The dialogue wheel is the loss — four options that collapse into the same outcome, and a voiced protagonist that narrows roleplaying compared with New Vegas.

Where it drifts furthest from Alien Storm: game mode and combat.

Released 25 years after Alien Storm.

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